Reetta Hurske

Reetta Hurske

Reetta Hurske in 2022
Personal information
Born	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 29) Ikaalinen, Finland
Education	Tampere University of Applied Sciences [1]
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Club	Tampereen Pyrintö
Coached by	Marjukka Suihko
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Finland European Indoor Championships 2023 Istanbul 60 m hurdles Universiade 2019 Naples 100 m hurdles

Reetta Sofi Kaarina Hurske (born 15 May 1995) ^[2] is a Finnish athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, winning Finland its first ever medal in this event, after finishing fourth at the 2019 edition. ^[3] Hurske placed second in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 Universiade.

She represented her country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. ^[4] She is the Finnish indoor record holder for the 60 m hurdles, and won two individual national titles.

Hurske improved the Finnish record in the 60 m hurdles five times in 2023 (7.90, 7.88, 7.86, 7.81 and 7.79 seconds). ^[5]

Personal life

Hurske is in a relationship with Finnish basketball player Topias Palmi. ^{[6] [7]}

Statistics

Hurske (centre) with her gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul

Personal bests

• 60 m hurdles – 7.79 (Madrid 2023) NR
• 60 metres indoor – 7.50 (Tampere 2023)

• 100 m hurdles – 12.78 (+1.3 m/s, Joensuu 2019)
• 100 metres – 12.10 (-0.6 m/s, Kauhava 2017)

International competitions

Representing   Finland

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2011	European Youth Olympic Festival	Trabzon, Turkey	7th	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.85
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	47.78
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	5th	100 m hurdles	13.53
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	47.18
			22nd (q)	Long jump	5.88 m
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	7th	100 m hurdles	13.69
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	12th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.66
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	21st (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.40
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	–	60 m hurdles	DQ
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	5th	100 m hurdles	13.32
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	11th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.67
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.20
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.20
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	60 m hurdles	8.02
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.02
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	21st (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.24
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	29th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.10
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	23rd (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.15
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	9th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.95
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	60 m hurdles	7.79 =NR
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21st (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.05
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	12th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.00
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	6th	100 m hurdles	12.84
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	4th (rep)	100 m hurdles	12.83
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	5th	60 m hurdles	8.00

National titles

• Finnish Athletics Championships
  • 100 m hurdles: 2019
• Finnish Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 60 m hurdles: 2023
  • 4 × 200 m relay: 2013, 2018

References

1. 2017 Universiade bio
2. Reetta Hurske at World Athletics
3. Dennehy, Cathal (5 March 2023). "Hurske caps sparkling indoor campaign with storming 60m hurdles victory in Istanbul". European Athletics . Retrieved 5 March 2023.
4. "Tokio 2020: Suomen joukkueen olympiapaikat, karsintojen aikataulut ja kisoihin valitut urheilijat". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
5. Rowbottom, Mike (29 March 2023). "Healthy and stronger, Hurske helps to make history for Finland in Istanbul". European Athletics . Retrieved 29 March 2023.
6. Urheilun superpari Topias Palmi ja Reetta Hurske ovat eläneet vuosia etäsuhteessa – nyt heidän elämänsä muuttui, Ilta-Sanomat, Tony Pietilä, 9 October 2023
7. Miesystävä jännitti Reetta Hurskeen mestaruusjuoksua koripalloarjen keskellä Romaniassa – “Naapurit varmaan kuulivat ensimmäisenä kovaa huutoa”, Yle, 6 March 2023

External links

• Reetta Hurske at Olympedia
• Reetta Hurske at Olympics.com
• Reetta Hurske at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)